What type of timber is the cheapest?

Hebrews12

Hi all. I'm making a garden compost bib and was going to use old pallets but they're proving to be a nightmare to take apart as I need a fair bit of wood. I want to look in to how much it would be to buy the wood before I decide on whether to continue with the pallet thing but I'm struggling to find out what the cheapest type of timber is. It only needs to be cheap and I'll obviously treat it myself. Has anyone got any wisdom please? Thanks for looking.

getmore4less

Fence barge boards cut to interlock and give some air gaps.

With pallets you don't take them apart you build using them as they come.

Just get a load all the same size.

Rolandtheroadie

Have you watched some of the pallet dismantling videos on youtube?

G_M

pallets are free - you don't get wood cheaper than that......

davemorton

Second hand scaffolding boards are possibly another option, but not usually free.

robatwork

Untreated softwood.

But it will rot and fall apart. You need treated softwood - see if a fencing supplier has some offcuts

SHAFT

davemorton wrote: »

Second hand scaffolding boards are possibly another option, but not usually free.

Won't last, I put two new ones down the side of the shed on compacted hardcore. They rotten within a couple of years.

Apodemus

getmore4less wrote: »

Fence barge boards cut to interlock and give some air gaps.

With pallets you don't take them apart you build using them as they come.

Just get a load all the same size.

Yes, three pallets for sides and back and if you want to be fancy cut a fourth one in half for the front. Then repeat for a second compost or add another side and back if you are going semi-detached.

Compost-making is addictive and (like sheds!) you never have enough!

knightstyle

Look for someone replacing their decking and use the old timber?

Jackmydad

Main thing is, whatever you if you can't get free, do shop around.
Timber merchants not the sheds.
Prices can vary a lot.

getmore4less

https://www.google.com/search?q=making+a+compost+bin+out+of+wooden+pallets

probably want to stick to one pallet wide for each section then turn into the next one 3 wide a production line.

I have been very successful with a black dalek as a wormery for kitchen waste just kep piling it in and taking compost from the bottom